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单词 improbative
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improbativeadj.

/ɪmˈprɒbətɪv/
Etymology: < Latin improbāt-, participial stem of improbāre improbate v. + -ive suffix.
1. Liable to improbation or disproof; not proved to be true or genuine.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted
traversable?1530
deniable1548
repugnable1578
refutable1600
improvable1604
revincible1633
confutable1638
convincible1643
rebuttable1646
overthrowable1653
disprovable1686
improbative1754
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iv. iv. 485 Where witnesses attest a deed, without knowing the granter and seeing him subscribe..the deed is not only improbative, but such witnesses are declared accessory to forgery.
1866 Guide to Elgin Cathedral iv. 226 Some respect ought to be paid to universal tradition however improbative.
2. = improbatory adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > tending to refute
rebutting1600
anasceuastical1607
anasceuastic1609
refragatory1618
convincing1624
confutative1641
refutative1652
anatreptic1656
confutatory1685
refutatorya1686
disprobative1823
improbatory1861
improbative1876
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 44 ‘The form or mode of treatment’, he [Dante] says, ‘is..definitive, divisive, probative, improbative, and positive of examples’.
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